Role of sociocultural perceptions in malnutrition of children under the age of 5 years in a semi-urban community of Pakistan

To assess the impact of sociocultural perception on the nutritional status of children under five years of age. This cross-sectional study using a self-constructed questionnaire was conducted at the Shifa Rotary Clinic, Nurpur Shahan, Pakistan, from February to October 2016, and comprised mothers an...

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Published in:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2017-08, Vol.67 (8), p.1213-1219
Main Authors: Khattak, Umme Kulsoom, Iqbal, Saima Perwaiz, Ghazanfar, Haider
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude to Health - ethnology
Bottle Feeding - ethnology
Bottle Feeding - statistics & numerical data
Breast Feeding - ethnology
Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data
Child Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology
Child Nutrition Disorders - ethnology
Child, Preschool
Colostrum
Cross-Sectional Studies
Decision Making
Fathers
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Mothers
Nutritional Status
Pakistan - epidemiology
Poverty - statistics & numerical data
Sex Factors
Spiritual Therapies
Suburban Population - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
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Summary:To assess the impact of sociocultural perception on the nutritional status of children under five years of age. This cross-sectional study using a self-constructed questionnaire was conducted at the Shifa Rotary Clinic, Nurpur Shahan, Pakistan, from February to October 2016, and comprised mothers and children. Mothers age 18-45years having a child less than 5 years old were included. SPSS 21 was used for data analysis. . Of the 564 participants, 526(93.3%) were housewives and 38(6.5%) were working mothers. The overall mean age was 27.49±5.197 years. Mother was the decision-maker for child nutrition in 344(61.0%) cases while the father was the decision-maker for child nutrition in 106(18.8%) cases. About 64(11.3%) wasted colostrums, of which 18(28.1%) acted on their own accord 46(71.9%) on others' advice. Mother as the decision-maker for child nutrition was found to be significantly associated with normal child nutritional status (p
ISSN:0030-9982